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Blick Rothenberg

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Worst place I’ve worked in my career - Director Blick Rothenberg Employee Review

1.0
25 May 2025
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Pros

Met some great people at my level and below. Interesting clients and a good range of technical work.

Cons

Some really poor behaviour at partner level. This created a toxic environment and some worrying bullying of staff. Senior partners at board level were aware but preferred to avoid confrontation and side step the issue. There’s little investment in people development at all, only a focus on billing clients as much as possible to get the figures up. I wish I’d never joined. The contrast between there and the firm I now work for is striking - made me realise how little Blick valued / looked after people. It’s all just PR lip service. In my area, all the good people at Director / Senior Manager : Manager level have left since - there’s been a mass exodus.

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Blick Rothenberg Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review and to include recomendations to the business. I am pleased you had some good experiences with the people you worked with and enjoyed the client work available but I am saddened to hear about your other experiences. As you have highlighted yourself people are at the heart of our business and so important to the high quality work we deliver. We do truly believe in and strive to operate the business with our values at the core but of course no firm is perfect so your feedback is important to allow us to develop and understand where we need to focus more. With that in mind I would really appreciate it if you feel able to share more insight about the negative behaviours you experienced so that we can learn from them and ensure they are addressed so that others do not experience the same as you have. If you feel comfortable to do this please do get in touch. Once again thank you for sharing your comments it is only from feedback and challenge we can move forward and strive to be the best we can. - Jo Smith (Partner)

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Cons

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5.0
14 Apr 2026
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Pros

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Cons

Promotion cycles can be rigid in areas outside of certain core departments, which may limit flexibility for progression when it is needed.

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